John Connolly
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John Connolly is the author of "Every Dead Thing" which was a bestseller in Britain and Ireland. He is a regular contributor to "The Irish Times," and has traveled extensively in the United States. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. (Publisher Provided) John Connolly was born May 31, 1968 in Dublin. He mehr anzeigen is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker. His first novel, Every Dead Thing was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and went on to win the 2000 Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel (he is the first author outside of the US to have won the award). Connolly's debut introduced readers to the anti-hero Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Connolly has since written a further 5 books in the popular Parker series and a non-Parker thriller, as well as venturing outside of the crime genre with the publication of first, an anthology of ghost stories and later, a novel about a young boy's coming-of-age journey during World War II England. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Connolly worked as a journalist, a barman, and a local government official. After graduating with a B.A. in English from Trinity College, Dublin and a M.A. in Journalism from Dublin City University, he spent five years working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper. He quickly became frustrated with the profession, and began to write Every Dead Thing in his spare time. Connolly continues to contribute articles to the paper. His eighth book in the Charlie Parker series, The Reapers, was published in 2008. The tenth Parker novel, titled The Whisperers, was published in 2010. His current bestseller is A Time of Torment, the fourteenth in the Charlie Parker series.. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Connolly, John
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- Connolly, John
- Geburtstag
- 1968-05-31
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Ireland
- Land (für Karte)
- Ireland
- Geburtsort
- Dublin, Ireland
- Wohnorte
- Dublin, Ireland
- Ausbildung
- Trinity College, Dublin
Dublin City University - Berufe
- journalist
writer
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The Book of Lost Things book discussion in Hogwarts Express (Juli 2010)
WWII, boy, alternate world? in Name that Book (Februar 2009)
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The beginning and the end I really enjoyed. The inbetween was mad! It makes so much more sense now and I might have enjoyed the book more, had he put the ending at the beginning to make it easier to understand why the middle part is as insane as it is.
The book works on a couple of levels, I think the one that makes the most sense for me is the psychological one. The mad-, sad- and helplessness into which David falls watching his mother die and the time after. In order to heal he has to face his biggest fears to be able to go on. Metaphorically, the book is great.… (mehr)
The book works on a couple of levels, I think the one that makes the most sense for me is the psychological one. The mad-, sad- and helplessness into which David falls watching his mother die and the time after. In order to heal he has to face his biggest fears to be able to go on. Metaphorically, the book is great.… (mehr)
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Ich fand an dem Buch die veränderten Märchen und überhaupt die phantasievolle Szenerie gut. Ansonsten war es mir mitunter sogar etwas zu langatmig. Der Schluss aber ist großartig und entschädigt für alle langatmigen Passagen.